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republicans are offering a compromise on the debt ceiling, backing onshore flow a requirement to cut $1 for every dollar raised. >> for us to have a debate about spending and debt we've got to have a he can to us beyond budget and what we're going to do to achieve a balanced budget over time. >> a great opportunity for us. in our budget that we will pass, we will have tax reform which many of my republican colleagues like but it's going to include revenues. >> the house is expected to approve the debt limit increase tomorrow. >>> the super bowl will be in new orleans, but police are getting ready for potential problems in san francisco. they arrested a dozen people in the mission district sunday as fans celebrated the 49'ers win in atlanta. most of them were for public intoxication. there were arrests for dui, assault and an outstanding warrant, no reports of vandalism. >>> not to get ahead, but why not? it's worth noting more than a dozen cities had multiple sports championships in a single year. but since super bowl era, only four. baltimore did it in 1970. pittsburgh in 1979. new
republicans are offering a compromise on the debt ceiling, backing onshore flow a requirement to cut $1 for every dollar raised. >> for us to have a debate about spending and debt we've got to have a he can to us beyond budget and what we're going to do to achieve a balanced budget over time. >> a great opportunity for us. in our budget that we will pass, we will have tax reform which many of my republican colleagues like but it's going to include revenues. >> the house is...
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for every dollar increase in this debt ceiling we have to have a dollar in cuts to match that. the president said earlier this month, i'm not doing that anymore. we are not going to keep negotiating over the debt ceiling. this is our obligation over. the republicans have conceded the president had won the argument and are now -- this week they ebb extended the debt ceiling with no accompanied spending cuts. the republicans will cede that issue to him. >> your latest article, mitt romney i'm not going away. tell me. >> certainly was a little different. he came in to toub this weekend for the alfalfa dinner. we hadn't seen a lot from mitt romney since he lost in november. he to told donors that it was purposeful. he is not going anywhere. he will be active in 2013 and 2014s and in terms of 2016. although some sources said his personal ambition for public office are over. >> good to see you both today. thank you so much. >> thank you, t.j. >>> to the weather, the midwest is facing an ice threat. winter storm is dropping snow and freezing rain expected to bring icy conditions. powe
for every dollar increase in this debt ceiling we have to have a dollar in cuts to match that. the president said earlier this month, i'm not doing that anymore. we are not going to keep negotiating over the debt ceiling. this is our obligation over. the republicans have conceded the president had won the argument and are now -- this week they ebb extended the debt ceiling with no accompanied spending cuts. the republicans will cede that issue to him. >> your latest article, mitt romney...
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ceiling, every newspaper in the country, every tv show would be talking about obama care. now it's the story in "the times," but it isn't the central issue it could be or should be. >> let me go back to this point, eventually people should pay prices for being stupid. the republican strategy -- >> they might in the election, pat. >> defunding, allowing the democrats to escape if they had done what we said on "political insiders" for months, go after the irs and go after the delay and force democrats and get out of it by october 1st. they would have -- we would have a whole different political world instead of riding into this canyon. >> i mention the story in "the new york times" is that right? >> it is right, and i read that very carefully, most of the candidates running for the senate for the republicans next year come from the house of representatives, and this thing that we're talking about is hurting them back in their state. >> a year and a month from now people aren't even going to remember the government shutdown, are they? >> yes, they are. >> you know what they a
ceiling, every newspaper in the country, every tv show would be talking about obama care. now it's the story in "the times," but it isn't the central issue it could be or should be. >> let me go back to this point, eventually people should pay prices for being stupid. the republican strategy -- >> they might in the election, pat. >> defunding, allowing the democrats to escape if they had done what we said on "political insiders" for months, go after the irs...
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we can't keep raising the debt ceiling every time we need money. i'm surprised young people aren't taking to the streets, protesting how terrible this country is being managed financially. let me bring you to the president's foreign policy. remember back in 2008 then presidential candidate obama promised to improve america's image overseas. >> we will improve our moral standing in the world. we will once again lead the world. not just militarily but diplomatically, economically. >> during his first year in office president obama receive ed a nobel peace prize. five years later as we see what's happening with syria, russia, egypt, owe friends in the uk saying no to a strike in syria and even brazil's president dissing president obama saying no to a state dinner at the white house in october. has the president made america's standing in the world worse? >> no question american influence is diminished from what it's been and from the days we won the cold war and george h.w. bush had the world behind him to throw the iraqis out of kuwait. when the pres
we can't keep raising the debt ceiling every time we need money. i'm surprised young people aren't taking to the streets, protesting how terrible this country is being managed financially. let me bring you to the president's foreign policy. remember back in 2008 then presidential candidate obama promised to improve america's image overseas. >> we will improve our moral standing in the world. we will once again lead the world. not just militarily but diplomatically, economically. >>...
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the squabblingn, about the shutdown and the debt ceiling continues. there is still no deal to raise the government borrowing limit. the deadline is just days away. in his weekly address, president barack obama called for republicans to show flexibility. but that appeal has so far come to nothing. international pressure on america is spiraling. if the united states cannot pay its bills, it could drag down the entire world economy. >> i urge u.s. policy makers to quickly come to a resolution before they reach the debt ceiling deadline. the closer we get to the deadline, the greater the impact will be for the developing world. in action could result in rising, rates confidence falling, and growth slowing. >> $651,000 is the sum the date of arizona shown -- shelled out to fund the grand canyon. and not to keep it running for seven days. everyone here is hoping a solution to the u.s. they'll mate will be found long before that time comes to an end. >> the israeli military says it has discovered and destroyed tunnels leading from gaza into israel. it is the
the squabblingn, about the shutdown and the debt ceiling continues. there is still no deal to raise the government borrowing limit. the deadline is just days away. in his weekly address, president barack obama called for republicans to show flexibility. but that appeal has so far come to nothing. international pressure on america is spiraling. if the united states cannot pay its bills, it could drag down the entire world economy. >> i urge u.s. policy makers to quickly come to a...
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ceiling, funding fights, it is going to be, you know, total gridlock here and we're all going to be sitting there waiting to see if the government shuts down. >> the question is, is ted cruz more radical than newt gingrich. >> ted cruz is not running this show. >> i ask you, since you're representing the republicans here on this panel, the bushes couldn't go, there were health reasons why neither president bush could go and speak. other republicans leaders were invited to speak and they declined. in hindsight, do you wish there had been republicans? >> i find it completely shocking that tim scott was not invited. i think for the most -- the symbolic person in the world from the south, the republicans, in the south -- >> why didn't boehner and cantor -- >> they had it on the schedule. i think they made a mistake. >> by going, they probably could have said, by the way, we want you to invite tim scott, and i don't thing the king family says no. >> there were some mistakes made. >> it felt -- >> the fact that tim scott was not inviting -- >> i will leave it there. we will talk serious p
ceiling, funding fights, it is going to be, you know, total gridlock here and we're all going to be sitting there waiting to see if the government shuts down. >> the question is, is ted cruz more radical than newt gingrich. >> ted cruz is not running this show. >> i ask you, since you're representing the republicans here on this panel, the bushes couldn't go, there were health reasons why neither president bush could go and speak. other republicans leaders were invited to...
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when the debate -- when we shut down the government and the debate around the debt ceiling happened, it sent the shivers down the spine of every business around the world and many consumers. now we have resulted, but only shifted. come january and the next deadline, what do we have to expect? >> that is why i was not a big fan of the way it was done because it was a can kicking exercise. this is what sends shivers down my spine. is that we go into next year when the federal reserve begins to normalize our policy and perhaps interest rates begin rising and we will not have taken advantage of this low- interest rate moment to get a down payment on our debt. we know from the cbo that our debt is about to take off in a few years and never come back down if we don't do anything about it. we have 100% increase on the population and only 17% increase in the worker population paying for their programs. in the cost of the programs that the user growing 60% a year. that is a whole lot faster than the economy, wages or inflation. so this is our concern. what we get from the resident is just giv
when the debate -- when we shut down the government and the debate around the debt ceiling happened, it sent the shivers down the spine of every business around the world and many consumers. now we have resulted, but only shifted. come january and the next deadline, what do we have to expect? >> that is why i was not a big fan of the way it was done because it was a can kicking exercise. this is what sends shivers down my spine. is that we go into next year when the federal reserve begins...
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ceiling. >> sympathy for john boehner. we can all come together around that. thank you karen finney, goldie taylor and jared bernstein. catch "disrupt" every saturday and sunday on msnbc. come up, a member of congress weighs in on the situation in syria and offers insights into tomorrow's 50th anniversary on the march on washington. i'm angela, and i didn't think i could quit smoking but chantix helped me do it. i told my doctor i think i'm... i'm ready. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. i knew that i could smoke for the first 7 days. i knew that i wasn't putting nicotine back into my body to try to quit. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which cou
ceiling. >> sympathy for john boehner. we can all come together around that. thank you karen finney, goldie taylor and jared bernstein. catch "disrupt" every saturday and sunday on msnbc. come up, a member of congress weighs in on the situation in syria and offers insights into tomorrow's 50th anniversary on the march on washington. i'm angela, and i didn't think i could quit smoking but chantix helped me do it. i told my doctor i think i'm... i'm ready. [ male announcer ] along...
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not playing around with the debt ceiling and the full faith and credit of the u.s., overwhelmingly agree with him on issues like taxes. 90% agree with him, for example, on universal background checks on the purchase of a weapon. it's very different from what happened with george bush when he won a very narrow victory in 2004 and then said he had a mandate and decided he had a mandate to privatize social security, which was deeply unpopular. the great strength of the president here is he knows what he wants to do, he's very focused, and he has the country with him. some of this stuff is going to be tough to get through congress and you may have to fight it in the midterms and beyond, but he's going to make real progress, i think, because of what he believes and because he's got the country with him. >> well, these are kind of fundamental issues for a president, guns and keeping the government going and fighting for his foreign policy team. it's not like he's looked for a fight. let's face it, newtown forced everybody to deal with this. >> newtown has changed everything. >> i don't think h
not playing around with the debt ceiling and the full faith and credit of the u.s., overwhelmingly agree with him on issues like taxes. 90% agree with him, for example, on universal background checks on the purchase of a weapon. it's very different from what happened with george bush when he won a very narrow victory in 2004 and then said he had a mandate and decided he had a mandate to privatize social security, which was deeply unpopular. the great strength of the president here is he knows...
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we have submitted to them that after they pass that in the debt ceiling, every single thing is on the table. you know, i was thinking the other day if you're a teacher and you get hired in a school and the school opens for work at 9:00 every morning, you have to be in the classroom at 9:00 in the morning in order to keep your job. if you weren't in your classroom at 9:00 in the morning and you decided i don't really want to show up, i want to do something different, i want to change the rules. i don't like 9:00. i'd like to come in at 11:00, you would be fired. well, our job is to keep the government running and to pay the bills we've incurred. we don't get to pick and choose or decide what all of a sudden the middle -- all of a sudden in the middle of everything we're going to cancel out a law that passed three and a half years ago. this is so bad that the republican candidate for governor in virginia has said stop it, open up the government, and then debate health care. the good news is speaker boehner could change his mind, bring our bill up in a few minutes' time. i know how it wo
we have submitted to them that after they pass that in the debt ceiling, every single thing is on the table. you know, i was thinking the other day if you're a teacher and you get hired in a school and the school opens for work at 9:00 every morning, you have to be in the classroom at 9:00 in the morning in order to keep your job. if you weren't in your classroom at 9:00 in the morning and you decided i don't really want to show up, i want to do something different, i want to change the rules....
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the republicans blinking and suggesting i want to fight this debt ceiling on this debt ceiling front, which would be good. they are going to keep us going every three months. we never get around to talking about the larger economic question. >> i don't want to have that conversation in the context of the three-month debt ceiling deals. if we are going talk entitlements, is there room to push on the entitlements and suggest a larger social safety net, things like providing opportunities for poor children beginning to close the wealth gap is a priority. >> raise the health care law. i think it's very important to remember that law isn't fully operational, yet. there is -- yes, exactly. there's an enormous amount of work to do. there's a lot of resistance in the states. that's going to be a struggle. >> one piece of that is in 1997 we did a balanced budget deal. one thing that happened when that period of republicans and democrats came together was step back and as part of consolidating the budget, they shift resources. that was the deal. it was a deficit reduction deal. one thing it cre
the republicans blinking and suggesting i want to fight this debt ceiling on this debt ceiling front, which would be good. they are going to keep us going every three months. we never get around to talking about the larger economic question. >> i don't want to have that conversation in the context of the three-month debt ceiling deals. if we are going talk entitlements, is there room to push on the entitlements and suggest a larger social safety net, things like providing opportunities...
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if you don't raise the debt ceiling america can't pay its bills. since the 1950s congress has always passed it. every president has signed it. democrats, republicans, ronald reagan. lyndon johnson. it doesn't matter. this is just a routine thing that you've got to do so treasury can pay the bills. if congress doesn't pass this debt ceiling in the next few weeks, to the united states will default on its obligations. that has never happened in american history. basically america becomes a deadbeat. if the world sees america not paying its bills, then they will not buy debt combat treasury bills bills from the united states or if they do they won't do it at much higher interest rates. that means somebody wants to buy an f-150 will have to pay much higher interest rates eventually which means that you will sell less cars. that's just one example of how profoundly destructive this could be. this is not some abstract thing. this is important. raising the debt ceiling is not the same as approving more spending. anymore than making your monthly payments ad
if you don't raise the debt ceiling america can't pay its bills. since the 1950s congress has always passed it. every president has signed it. democrats, republicans, ronald reagan. lyndon johnson. it doesn't matter. this is just a routine thing that you've got to do so treasury can pay the bills. if congress doesn't pass this debt ceiling in the next few weeks, to the united states will default on its obligations. that has never happened in american history. basically america becomes a...
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every time the president asks us to raise the debt ceiling, that is a good time to try to achieve something important for the country. >> so, circle february 7 on your crisis calendar. do not throw away your countdown clock just yet. >> circled. what else did they say? >> the least productive congress in years still has a few more things to do. a defense bill that is very important to contractors, with the senate voting on the janet yellen confirmation for reserve chairman, that could happen as soon as tomorrow, but if they keep obstructing this way, it could last even into the weekend or next week, but most likely by this weekend. >> all right. in the meantime, giuliana, they were not just talking about the budget in washington. dekes ceos focused on three letters today. tell us what happened behind the three -- the closed doors of nsa. >> we heard from tim cook, who said the meeting went great. but that they have been forced to engage in the washington tradition of reading the tea leaves of the readouts. so, the white house invited these tech ceos to meet and talk about fixes to the obama
every time the president asks us to raise the debt ceiling, that is a good time to try to achieve something important for the country. >> so, circle february 7 on your crisis calendar. do not throw away your countdown clock just yet. >> circled. what else did they say? >> the least productive congress in years still has a few more things to do. a defense bill that is very important to contractors, with the senate voting on the janet yellen confirmation for reserve chairman,...
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we can't have every three month a debt ceiling crisis. someone is going to have to come up with some way from stopping these people from being drama kings and drama queens. >> drama's out. >> is that your headline? >> mine is basically with a call for unity, obama presses assertive domestic agenda. i don't expect him to tick off the details, for example, of gun regulation. he already did that last week, but i think he is going to use the bully pulpit here for the idea that he can really lead us to more action on the domestic front in congress. >> and one other point. the facetious headline i came up with him being born in the united states. we need to get past all this. it's time to stop this because it's counterproductive and it's causing a paralysis. >> and i would briefly say it's not that we need to get past it, we have to call out who is responsible for t.only one group that's still trading in birtherism, it's a one-sided problem. >> i'd like, to if we could, pull up your headline again. i don't know if we can do that. >> yes, sir. >
we can't have every three month a debt ceiling crisis. someone is going to have to come up with some way from stopping these people from being drama kings and drama queens. >> drama's out. >> is that your headline? >> mine is basically with a call for unity, obama presses assertive domestic agenda. i don't expect him to tick off the details, for example, of gun regulation. he already did that last week, but i think he is going to use the bully pulpit here for the idea that he...
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debt ceiling. in normal times, nearly every member of congress has at one time or another voted against raising the debt ceiling. because it gives you the opportunity to stand on the floor of the congress and make a speech about a particular thing that you strongly disagree with. senator mccain, for example, used to use this as an opportunity to talk about some defense spending that he thought was wasteful. that's fine. but to do it as a strategy to actually stop from paying america's bills is disastrous. >> what do you think the deal should be? what should president obama give on and what should the republican -- i mean, i think what you're saying is the republicans should get off of this tdebt ceiling. >> first of all, if i were in his position i would be taking the exact position he was taking. >> not negotiable. >> not that. i would say we can still negotiate a long-term budget. the place to do that is when you're doing it. once you vote to spend the money, you can't say, we're not going to pay
debt ceiling. in normal times, nearly every member of congress has at one time or another voted against raising the debt ceiling. because it gives you the opportunity to stand on the floor of the congress and make a speech about a particular thing that you strongly disagree with. senator mccain, for example, used to use this as an opportunity to talk about some defense spending that he thought was wasteful. that's fine. but to do it as a strategy to actually stop from paying america's bills is...
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why won't you support that legislation so that there won't be this crisis raising the debt ceiling every few years? >> for two reasons. number one, because jeb's legislation has the absolute wrong priorities for the middle class. what jeb's legislation says is we can default, they accept the fact that we can default, and if we do, china gets paid first. so if you're on social security, you get in line. if you're on medicare, you get in line. if you're a veteran, you get in line. but an investment bank in china, you are first in line. that's the first reason i oppose this. secondly, it's not necessary. we don't have to have bills ordering the priorities for paying our debt. if republicans will simply agree to pay the credit card bills that they themselves have mounted over the past several years. >> so the short answer is we're going to hold the specter of default hostage for our spending priorities. the very same spending priorities that have created more debt in the president's first four years than our nation's first 200. we are on the road to national bankruptcy. what you hear from th
why won't you support that legislation so that there won't be this crisis raising the debt ceiling every few years? >> for two reasons. number one, because jeb's legislation has the absolute wrong priorities for the middle class. what jeb's legislation says is we can default, they accept the fact that we can default, and if we do, china gets paid first. so if you're on social security, you get in line. if you're on medicare, you get in line. if you're a veteran, you get in line. but an...
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let's do this again as that debt ceiling deal comes close. >>> well, on to the fiscal cliff now where lawmakers from both sides are a bit disappointed with the last minute deal they made. >> i hate this agreement. i hate it with every fiber of my being. >> here to look at some of the hated details in this bill, tax rates go up for individuals making more than $400,000 a year and families taking in more than 450,000. the estate tax goes up from 35 to 40%, but the first $5 million worth of property exempt from those taxes. the alternative minimum tax or amt has been permanently fixed meaning a lot of people who would have had to pay it now never will, plus capital gains and dividend tax rates increased from 15 to 20% for those highest earners. the big problem a lot of lawmakers have with this one, no spending cuts, at least not yet and no social security or medicare reform. president obama is back on vacation in hawaii with his family. there's no word when he signs off on the new bill and get this. another battle is already brewing. in two months as we just noted the treasury needs to i
let's do this again as that debt ceiling deal comes close. >>> well, on to the fiscal cliff now where lawmakers from both sides are a bit disappointed with the last minute deal they made. >> i hate this agreement. i hate it with every fiber of my being. >> here to look at some of the hated details in this bill, tax rates go up for individuals making more than $400,000 a year and families taking in more than 450,000. the estate tax goes up from 35 to 40%, but the first $5...
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bond downgrade, the debt ceiling debacle, the japanese nuclear crisis. the market got clobbered then, but the 1987 crash, yeah, i'm that old, 9/11 panicked selling has not been the smartest thing to do. in all those places, what worked was prudent buying. the only time actually panic made sense was sell in the morass of 2008. that's when you had to take it off the take. that is a systemic crisis, people, not a temporary crisis, so panic in the midst of a sell -- made sense, which is why i told you to sell bag okay the "today" show. >> what is your advice. >> whatever money you may need for the next five years, please take it out of the stock market right now. illustrates the whole system was in jeopardy, only time since the great depression buying hurt you, because stocks kept falling and falling. you never got a chance to unload the merchandise you bought on a dip. that is the only time, that one instance, just once in 80 years. i don't expect that to repeat itself. in october of 2008 i was heavily criticized telling people to do a sell-off. i was chide
bond downgrade, the debt ceiling debacle, the japanese nuclear crisis. the market got clobbered then, but the 1987 crash, yeah, i'm that old, 9/11 panicked selling has not been the smartest thing to do. in all those places, what worked was prudent buying. the only time actually panic made sense was sell in the morass of 2008. that's when you had to take it off the take. that is a systemic crisis, people, not a temporary crisis, so panic in the midst of a sell -- made sense, which is why i told...
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single time it seems that we come to a fiscal cliff or to a budget or to the debt ceiling we get to that moment that tipping point moment and then someone somewhere in some agency somehow finds some funds to keep us going bob is that likely to happen in this case the look on a job or seventeenth the government still has thirty billion dollars to spend now they have several payments to make they don't run into real trouble until november first and that's when they have about fifty eight billion dollars in outlays and they have to also pay interest on debt so these are big issues now the treasury is also taking in money in the meantime. in the form of taxes now the they're not legally allowed to ration this out or prorated and make these payments according to the way some people interpret the law but i think that actually will be done just to avoid a default which is which would be catastrophic and like you said strategies there are some funny strategies being floated around my personal favorite the one trillion dollar coin i am not joking that is literally a strategy and a way to avo
single time it seems that we come to a fiscal cliff or to a budget or to the debt ceiling we get to that moment that tipping point moment and then someone somewhere in some agency somehow finds some funds to keep us going bob is that likely to happen in this case the look on a job or seventeenth the government still has thirty billion dollars to spend now they have several payments to make they don't run into real trouble until november first and that's when they have about fifty eight billion...
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every day of negotiations brings us closer to the deadline. >> debate over the debt ceiling is not new. the federal government borrowing limit has been raised dozens of times. the debt ceiling hit new mights in the past few decades. >> jonathan betts explains how the debt climbed to $17 trillion. >> the united states has pretty much been in debt since its founding. every few years the limit is raised. republican presidents raise it more often. but the amount borrowed went up under democrat presidents. it rose more under ronald regan. much to pay to build up the military during the cold war. the debt limit tripling during at 80, topping a trillion. under george w bush it was raised five times. bill clinton saw the debt ceiling go up four times, jumping 44%, but the nation's debt went down during the cloint's years. it's one of the few times it happened. then president george w bush - raised sooech times under him. debts double. it brings us to president obama. he's raised the debt limit five times, this is the sixth. the amount borrowed has gone up 50% and he hopes to raise the limit by
every day of negotiations brings us closer to the deadline. >> debate over the debt ceiling is not new. the federal government borrowing limit has been raised dozens of times. the debt ceiling hit new mights in the past few decades. >> jonathan betts explains how the debt climbed to $17 trillion. >> the united states has pretty much been in debt since its founding. every few years the limit is raised. republican presidents raise it more often. but the amount borrowed went up...
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ceiling debate, what are your thoughts about where they will go? >> this ad is liberal will be repeated over and over against every democrat running for office. if you compare that add campaign that takes a knife tucci shaheen to the floor and the obama team runs with a kid in his pajamas drinking hot chocolate. talk about obacare with your parents, it just shows they don't have a prayer. the republicans are coming with brass knuckles the and they he hot chocolate. it is not close. lou: where were they in 2012 with romney at the top off3 the ticket? that could have used some of inspiration. >> it is interesting to see this come out so early with a foldable democrats they're all on tape saying if you lik l of it but it is just ready mated munition. the fact that obamacare is imploding and if you thought 2013 was bad wait until 2014. the challenge for the republicans is not to go off the rails or get distracted by other issues. they must stay on obamacare. lou: day you think the president's numbers are retrievable? is this a broken trust of the ameri
ceiling debate, what are your thoughts about where they will go? >> this ad is liberal will be repeated over and over against every democrat running for office. if you compare that add campaign that takes a knife tucci shaheen to the floor and the obama team runs with a kid in his pajamas drinking hot chocolate. talk about obacare with your parents, it just shows they don't have a prayer. the republicans are coming with brass knuckles the and they he hot chocolate. it is not close. lou:...
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we are talking about raising the debt ceiling. that means spending more even though the president says it doesn't. every time we raised it -- >> requires some judgment and intelligence that may be in short supply in that place called capitol hill. nice to see you. you can catch more of brenda on bulls and bears at 10:00 eastern here on the fox newschannel. israel's prime minister arrived at the white house tomorrow for a meeting with president obama and high on the agenda is iran. so how will president obama's conversation with benjamin netanyahu factor into their talks of the we will look at that next. : >> gregg: 24 hours from now theÑi israeli prime minister, netanyahu, will arrive at the white house for a high-level meeting with president obama. on the agenda is iran. it is the one thing that critics say is a source of deep tension between the two leaders. national security advisor rice insisting that protecting israel from a nuclear iran is a top united states priority. take a listen. >> obviously, we are in constant cont do
we are talking about raising the debt ceiling. that means spending more even though the president says it doesn't. every time we raised it -- >> requires some judgment and intelligence that may be in short supply in that place called capitol hill. nice to see you. you can catch more of brenda on bulls and bears at 10:00 eastern here on the fox newschannel. israel's prime minister arrived at the white house tomorrow for a meeting with president obama and high on the agenda is iran. so how...
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. >> in our survey, 86% of participants said congress will raise the debt ceiling every time it is reached this year. is that the perception of the market right now? >> i would say that's true. i don't think anybody wants to play brinksmanship. we saw what happened in 27 and what happened the end of the year. i don't think anybody wants to go back there. interestingly enough i think the markets have adjusted to that fact. ever rip time you run to the brink of the cliff and pull back, the markets get used to it. they have adjusted to the fact that could be a possibility and dealing with the fact it's not likely to occur. >> rich, you're very bullish. >> i'm very bullish. i don't think people have noticed the united states is a growth story. we're focused on emerging markets they're a growth story. it's so wrong, it's silly. the projected earnings growth rate, you're a small cap aficionado. i bet you don't know this. the projected growth on russell 2,000 is six times from growth markets. the u.s. is a success story. >> what are the numbers? >> 17% versus 30%. >> in one year, 70% growth rate?
. >> in our survey, 86% of participants said congress will raise the debt ceiling every time it is reached this year. is that the perception of the market right now? >> i would say that's true. i don't think anybody wants to play brinksmanship. we saw what happened in 27 and what happened the end of the year. i don't think anybody wants to go back there. interestingly enough i think the markets have adjusted to that fact. ever rip time you run to the brink of the cliff and pull...
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every couple of months, we talk about the debt ceiling, what good is a ceiling if you keep raising it and you don't make spending cuts to keep yourself under that number? it has no purpose. >> neil: i want to take a look at the corner of wall and broad. many argue the reason why it was up 62 points is the fact that, whew -- it's a relief they won't bring this to the brink. i would think cooler heads, wruns they prevail, they may not like -- democrats and republicans -- essentially, punted on this. and they just delayed making the tough choices. >> for some reason, obama and the senate democrats have gotten away with an extraordinary amount of nonsense. they haven't put forth a budget -- >> neil: they say they will and include tax hikes. >> will it make significant cuts or will it be the baseline budgeting? -- [overlapping dialogue] jierks do you think -- >> neil: do you think they are going to see through this -- that is the markets? >> yeah, i think they are going to kick the can down the road. i don't know, i mean, republicans seem to think they need to cave to get the fireworks on
every couple of months, we talk about the debt ceiling, what good is a ceiling if you keep raising it and you don't make spending cuts to keep yourself under that number? it has no purpose. >> neil: i want to take a look at the corner of wall and broad. many argue the reason why it was up 62 points is the fact that, whew -- it's a relief they won't bring this to the brink. i would think cooler heads, wruns they prevail, they may not like -- democrats and republicans -- essentially, punted...
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if you thought it was a bad idea, the debt ceiling is a worse idea. he must entertain every hair brained idea no matter how hair brained. that's the only way to maintain control of his caucus. >> he keeps promising something worse later. he keeps trading a shut down for a debt sealing is like trading f food for septic shock. i think the rabid wolverines are there. i don't think they are able to rake any of this. i think the teams have a common criticism among republicans. they live to get to tomorrow. they don't have a plan and they don't know how to make that the people will stick to. things like a plan b. that's the real uncertainty here. at the end, leadership could cut the deal and the members go behind them. the leadership does not know what deal it can cut. they are trying to get through the next crisis. the way they do that is by making the one after that. that may not happen next time. >> you don't think that given all the things that are happening this fall, when i said freak out, we are going to have a freak out between syria and what's happ
if you thought it was a bad idea, the debt ceiling is a worse idea. he must entertain every hair brained idea no matter how hair brained. that's the only way to maintain control of his caucus. >> he keeps promising something worse later. he keeps trading a shut down for a debt sealing is like trading f food for septic shock. i think the rabid wolverines are there. i don't think they are able to rake any of this. i think the teams have a common criticism among republicans. they live to get...
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surely you're not telling me the republican leaders would throw that away on the debt ceiling. e that goes to theolls with your arguments and stop this nonsense? >> here we go. u're right on track, and i think that every candi, whether an income and our new candid needs to be asked this question by voters. that is, what specifically do you prose to get mandatory spending? don't t those candidates get away from that dficult question that has got to be answered. lou: the question can be posed until next november. i'm asking you right now. is it your committed to avoiding a showown of the government again? >> yes, they are. what we need to do -- well, -- lou: i'm going to take what we can in that time we are allotted, congressman. >> i understand. i understand. we should not shut the governnt down, but at the same time -- lou: no, sir, we should not. >> the courage to wrestle with mandatory spending. >> i urge the republicans tt feel, if you feel strongly about something get out and get a ground game going and move some voters to the polls because that is where the answers lie, no
surely you're not telling me the republican leaders would throw that away on the debt ceiling. e that goes to theolls with your arguments and stop this nonsense? >> here we go. u're right on track, and i think that every candi, whether an income and our new candid needs to be asked this question by voters. that is, what specifically do you prose to get mandatory spending? don't t those candidates get away from that dficult question that has got to be answered. lou: the question can be...
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and president obama says he won't tolerate a debate over the debt ceiling. really? we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much. i appreciate it. i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i tuned it all out. with unitedhealthcare, i get information that matters... my individual health profile. not random statistics. they even reward me for addressing my health risks. so i'm doing fine... but she's still going to give me a heart attack. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. so, the 5.3-liter v8 silverado can tow up to 9,600 pounds? 315 horsepower. what's that in reindeer-power? [ laughs ] [ pencil scratches ] [ male announcer ] chevy's giving more. now through january 2nd, no monthly p
and president obama says he won't tolerate a debate over the debt ceiling. really? we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much. i appreciate it. i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally. i've always had to keep my eye on her... but, i didn't always watch out for myself. with so much noise about health care... i...
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but in this instance the president is saying he's not going to negotiate around the debt ceiling. as you said at the outset the debt ceiling is going to come due and the republicans are going to use that as leverage to force a grand bargain. but what the president is saying he made a political calculation that if republicans want to try to hold the nation's full credit hostage and take us over the debt limit and have us default they have to own that politically. he is not just reflecting the lessons he learned from the first term he is saying -- hold on, roland, he is trying to make an important point that that is a bad precedent. what we went through 500 days ago, that was a dangerous precedent for the united states and he wants to send the message that will be delinked going forward. we cannot proceed in that way any further. >> roland? >> if owe go back to what happened last time they were late in the game using president ronald reagan's own words when it came to the debt ceiling. what the president has done with the fiscal cliff said no we're only dealing with taxes. with the
but in this instance the president is saying he's not going to negotiate around the debt ceiling. as you said at the outset the debt ceiling is going to come due and the republicans are going to use that as leverage to force a grand bargain. but what the president is saying he made a political calculation that if republicans want to try to hold the nation's full credit hostage and take us over the debt limit and have us default they have to own that politically. he is not just reflecting the...
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we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what's driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea that we should don't spend the money we don't have and give the bill to our kids and our grandkids would be wrong. this isn't about me. >> that was house speaker john boehner 30 minutes ago. responding to the president's remarks. >>> our team coverage begins with nbc's peter alexander live from the white house. sounds like both sides don't want the u.s. to go into default. what is the big sticking point now? >> reporter: the big fight, obviously, jim, you just heard, exactly how these negotiations and when they would take place, the white house, the president, making very clear he's not going to have any negotiation with a threat to the american people and, frankly, to this administration right now. insisting that negotiations would only begin after agreement to extend the continuing resolution. basic lynn continuing to funding the government and reopen the government. also, he said, there must first be an increase in the debt ceiling to avoid th
we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what's driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea that we should don't spend the money we don't have and give the bill to our kids and our grandkids would be wrong. this isn't about me. >> that was house speaker john boehner 30 minutes ago. responding to the president's remarks. >>> our team coverage begins with nbc's peter alexander live from the white house. sounds like both sides don't...
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you can see the past two surveys, nearly 90% of respondents think congress will raise the debt ceiling every time it's reached. let's move on to what wall street thinks -- will they consider with the sequester? yes. will it consider and change the makeup. 33% say yes. should it increase spending cuts? 21 #% said. bottom line, only 17% a year think congress should reduce the spending cuts. if you add all of this up together, what you find is a large number who believe congress should keep the plan but they want a little flexibility. how urgent is it? 80% of the march survey said congress should urgently enact a sustainable deficit plan. that has come down to 67% with 25% agreeing that it needs a little more time. that group of respondents, 54 of them market participants say that they should be reducing the deficit. here's some of the can comments. the only thing the economy has to fear is washington itself. an interesting comment. the public wants less cutting of the budget. they are seen as positive. the boost of confidence has a greater positive gdp impact than the the negative gdp im
you can see the past two surveys, nearly 90% of respondents think congress will raise the debt ceiling every time it's reached. let's move on to what wall street thinks -- will they consider with the sequester? yes. will it consider and change the makeup. 33% say yes. should it increase spending cuts? 21 #% said. bottom line, only 17% a year think congress should reduce the spending cuts. if you add all of this up together, what you find is a large number who believe congress should keep the...
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now the focus on the debt ceiling is easy to lose sight of the other looming risk. the on sustainable long-term growth of our national debt. the tax and spending bargains reached so painfully in the last three years have slowed the debt for the short term. but the congressional budget office later projection showed that progress would be short-lived. by 2018 that held would be a share of gdp. by 2013 it under the current law and budgetary policies, federal debt held by the public would reach 108% of the gdp. now these scenarios in the long term debt trends don't promise a future for the economy or the nation. so i have to unequivocal message as today. first, no one should take lightly the prospect of the default on the united states debt obligations. the credit of the united states must not be put into question. second, those who dismiss or minimize the current budget problems are also playing with fire. the risks they are taking may be less immediate but they are no less consequential and the longer the nation delays action, longer and more difficult they become. t
now the focus on the debt ceiling is easy to lose sight of the other looming risk. the on sustainable long-term growth of our national debt. the tax and spending bargains reached so painfully in the last three years have slowed the debt for the short term. but the congressional budget office later projection showed that progress would be short-lived. by 2018 that held would be a share of gdp. by 2013 it under the current law and budgetary policies, federal debt held by the public would reach...
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they play chicken yet again over federal spending, and god help us the federal debt ceiling as well. so things do not bode well. that is certainly right. tony, after talking to a number of members of congress and staff in the halls over the course of the last several days as we covered this fight, a lot of people are saying, yes, we believe ultimately the house republicans have to cave and the government will be funded at least for two months until november 15th. one month almost or six weeks. the debt ceiling is another matter altogether, and not a lot of people are seeing a way out of that at this point. i hate to be the bearer of doom and gloom -- >> it's the reality, though, mike. >> reporter: it's the reality here in washington. the result is the consequence of all the gridlock and partisanship we've been talking about for the last several weeks. >> mike, appreciate it. mike viqueira. let's take a quick break. you're watching al jazeera america. we're back in a moment. s2úq@eñsx >>> u.s. and iran nan nuclear diplomacy is center stage at the white house today. president obama a
they play chicken yet again over federal spending, and god help us the federal debt ceiling as well. so things do not bode well. that is certainly right. tony, after talking to a number of members of congress and staff in the halls over the course of the last several days as we covered this fight, a lot of people are saying, yes, we believe ultimately the house republicans have to cave and the government will be funded at least for two months until november 15th. one month almost or six weeks....
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it will raise the debt ceiling until february 7th. that's not that far away. lawmakers are required to try and hammer out a long-term deal through a bipartisan committee. democrats have weighed in following their vote. >> averting this crisis is historic. let's be honest. this is pain inflicted on a nation for no good reason and cannot make cannot make the same mistake again. >> this is not a happy day. it's a somber day. because at the end of the day, we never should have gone through wa we went through. joining us from washington is tracie potts. they say we shouldn't have gone through what we've gone twlu what are the chances of it repeating again? >> fairly good chance that we'll see some back and forth, but in terms of a shutdown that lasts this long, likely not. there was serious damage done here on damage to the economy, $24 billion loss in the course of this shutdown and very much damage politically to both parties. but especially the republican party. poll after poll has shown that the american public more so than the democra
it will raise the debt ceiling until february 7th. that's not that far away. lawmakers are required to try and hammer out a long-term deal through a bipartisan committee. democrats have weighed in following their vote. >> averting this crisis is historic. let's be honest. this is pain inflicted on a nation for no good reason and cannot make cannot make the same mistake again. >> this is not a happy day. it's a somber day. because at the end of the day, we never should have gone...
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ceiling. >> i believe we need to raise the debt ceiling, but if we don't raise it without a plan to get out of debt, all of us should be fired. every american owes $52,000 in terms of their share of the national debt. we've raised the debt ceiling last august. we went through $2.1 trillion in 17 months. the size of the debt 2013, 2037 will be twice the size of the economy. i want to raise the debt ceiling, but i will not do it without a plan to get out of debt. senator durbin has done some hard work with the republicans on entitlement recome form. if you raise the debt ceiling by a dollar, you should cut spending by a dollar. that's the way to go forward. we need a budget. our democratic friends haven't passed a budget in three years contrary to the law of the land and why raise money and spend it if you don't have a budget. a dollar for dollar offset and a budget two conditions to raising the debt ceiling. >> you won't raise it unless you've got cuts certain in spending. you will not raise the debt ceiling. >> i'm not going to borrow trillions more dollars without a plan to get out
ceiling. >> i believe we need to raise the debt ceiling, but if we don't raise it without a plan to get out of debt, all of us should be fired. every american owes $52,000 in terms of their share of the national debt. we've raised the debt ceiling last august. we went through $2.1 trillion in 17 months. the size of the debt 2013, 2037 will be twice the size of the economy. i want to raise the debt ceiling, but i will not do it without a plan to get out of debt. senator durbin has done...
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every time the president goes to raise the debt ceiling is a good time to a try to achieve something important for the country. know, many significant pieces of legislation has been attached to that feelings over the years. act, 1997ional review clinton republican contract proposal on and the budget control act. all attached to a debt ceiling inquiry. ceiling legislation is the time that brings us all together and get the president's attention, which with this president when it comes to reducing spending is a bit of a challenge. i cannot imagine it being done claim. we will have to see if the house once to add to it as a condition of passing it. host: harry reid and mitch inonnell, up for reelection 2014, yesterday weighing in on the next fight of raising the debt ceiling, which could happen in february when the treasury runs out of money to pay its bills. on the two-your budget deal, the washington times reports this -- there are a group of senators think it aired i daring cuts to retirement pay. post" reportsn on that -- inside the story they say according to house budget aides, it
every time the president goes to raise the debt ceiling is a good time to a try to achieve something important for the country. know, many significant pieces of legislation has been attached to that feelings over the years. act, 1997ional review clinton republican contract proposal on and the budget control act. all attached to a debt ceiling inquiry. ceiling legislation is the time that brings us all together and get the president's attention, which with this president when it comes to...
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ceiling, every single thing you mentioned was policymakers. has it always been like that or is this a different period for your firm? >> this is i think pretty new. >> so it's hard to avoid talking about those things, right? >> that you have to pay attention to central banks, of course, and this philosophy of becoming more like bernanke. and then, of course, you have to watch what happens in washington. >> we never used to, though, did we? >> no. it's certainly -- >> how much more time did you spend in washington? >> it's forget, just looking at the years with it it all along. >> do you agree with that? >> i do. i think policy making has become the macro. these bright spots that people are talking about today have unfolded over much of the last year. so our case could be -- it's not that they ignored it. they were so amass by the focus on the fiscal cliff and on europe that has those things waned a little bit, these things now come to the forefront. but they've been going on really for some time. >> chris and dean will be with us for the rest
ceiling, every single thing you mentioned was policymakers. has it always been like that or is this a different period for your firm? >> this is i think pretty new. >> so it's hard to avoid talking about those things, right? >> that you have to pay attention to central banks, of course, and this philosophy of becoming more like bernanke. and then, of course, you have to watch what happens in washington. >> we never used to, though, did we? >> no. it's certainly --...